Yer showin; yer age, John. Nobody-here-knows-who Wallace-Beery was!
Fear you are right. For sure they's few understands how comics get created, published, distributed, sold, etc.--and even less who understand the protocols of getting a comic character from the page onto the screen.
Anybody ever hear what agency reps REDG for film/tv projects? WME? CAA? How's S O L?